Table 2.

Rubric for evaluating translation quality.

	Fluency	Adequacy	Meaning	Severity
1	No fluency; no appreciable grammar, not understandable	0% of information conveyed from the original	Totally different meaning from the original	Dangerous to patient
2	Marginal fluency; several grammatical errors	25% of information conveyed from the original	Misleading information added/omitted compared to the original	Impairs care in some way
3	Good fluency; several grammatical errors, understandable	50% of information conveyed from the original	Partially the same meaning as the original	Delays necessary care
4	Excellent fluency; few grammatical errors	75% of information conveyed from the original	Almost the same meaning as the original	Unclear effect on patient care
5	Perfect fluency; like reading a newspaper	100% of information conveyed from the original	Same meaning as the original	No effect on patient care